Due to a problem that a sleep-inducing agent component was mixed in a therapeutic drug such as athlete's foot manufactured by a pharmaceutical manufacturer in Fukui Prefecture, the company stopped shipping all about 290 products manufactured as "to check the quality again". Did.
In the future, we are proceeding with adjustments to investigate the cause by a third party.
On the 4th of this month, Kobayashi Kako, a pharmaceutical manufacturer in Awara City, Fukui Prefecture, mistakenly added a sleep-inducing agent to the itraconazole tablet 50'MEEK', which is manufactured and sold as a treatment for athlete's foot and other mycoses. We announced that it was mixed and are proceeding with voluntary collection.
According to the company, it was found that the shipment of all 289 products was suspended from the 14th because the factory that manufactures medicines etc. was shut down due to this problem.
The timing for resuming operations and shipments is undecided, and the company explains, "We are checking the manufacturing records of all products in order to check the quality again."
In addition, the company is making adjustments to investigate the cause of the contamination by a third party in the future.
Regarding this problem, 154 cases of side effects of patients who took the drug were reported by midnight on the 16th, of which 19 cases of accidents such as loss of consciousness while driving a car were transported by emergency. The number of people who have been hospitalized or hospitalized is 35.
In addition, although the causal relationship is unknown, a woman in her 70s in the metropolitan area who took the drug has died.
Fukui Prefecture is investigating the details and causes of contamination, such as conducting on-site inspections of the company.